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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 17, 1766

Page

4

Public notice proposes naming repeat bakers of short weight

A letter argues that a baker convicted three times of selling short weight should have his name and abode published in all newspapers and be publicly marked as an incorrigible rogue. The author signs as Justice.

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Verse on Beauty and British Decorum in 18th Century Poem

This fragment from a printer’s notice includes a lengthy poem praising native British beauty over foreign fashions, urging modesty, decency, and natural charm. It quotes calls for sober ornament, condemns cosmetics, and extols virtuous love, with dates and international notices interleaved. It also reports varied European intelligence from Warsaw to Rome, along with local racing and a shipwreck.

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